Bible study
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** Authors Note: You know how I write Sunday Chapel Time Bible studies for my church? Well, I also write messages for the youth group. We call it “Youth Sunday Chapel Time,” or “UC” for short. Once every other month, I have the privilege of writing a bible study of sorts to the junior high…
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It’s finally the Christmas and holiday season. It’s so easy to get caught up in the commercialism of Christmas and gift shopping. With Black Friday sales, “Christmas lists,” Santa Claus, Christmas lights, decorations, Mariah Carey…Christmas really feels like one giant spectacle of commercialism these days. It’s a little hard for me to deal with sometimes,…
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Truth be told, this is actually my second Sunday Chapel Time study that covers this section of James 1. However, I think this is the better study of the two (in my humble opinion), so it gets to be posted first. But first: a little background information. Introduction to James The author is traditionally thought…
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This Sunday Chapel Time study is based on a passage from the Gospel of Matthew. A fellow missionary of mine led another study about how our words—good or bad—come from the heart. This study is going to expand on that idea. Let’s first think about the context of this passage in Matthew 15. The Pharisees…
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Ecclesiastes is actually a book I really enjoy because it’s so unlike the other books in the Bible. It’s part of what contemporary Bible scholars consider to be the “wisdom literature” of the Bible, along with Proverbs and Job. So naturally, it’s full of wisdom. But the three books talk about wisdom in very different…
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What do you think of when you hear, “Sunday Chapel Time?” It just sounds like a roundabout way to talk about a Sunday church service, right? Well, here at Shukugawa Bible Church, it actually refers to an hour-long bilingual Bible study that is co-led by an English teacher-missionary and a translator. As a missionary here,…
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Sin. Holiness. Grace. We see and hear these words in church and in the Bible all the time, but they’re pretty difficult to understand. What even is sin? What does it mean to be holy? And don’t even get me started on grace. Let’s take a deeper look at the meaning of these words in…
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As I prepare another Sunday Chapel Time Bible study for my church here in Japan, it’s occurred to me that I should share my favorite resource for learning about the Bible (aside from the Bible, of course). The BibleProject. What is BibleProject? The BibleProject is a nonprofit animation studio, founded by Timothy Mackie, a long-time…